CDW CORPORATION 32 CDW CORPORATION
Christine A. Leahy
President and Chief Executive Officer
April 7, 2022
Computer Solutions, a leading North
American solutions integrator. Sirius
brings scale to our cloud, digital and
security services practices, expands
in-market customer-facing coverage
and nearly doubles our number of billable
services engineers and our managed
services business. Integration is apace,
with a clear vision and clear accountability.
Our customers are already gaining benefit
from this move to accelerate our services
and solutions strategy.
Internal investments accelerate our
strategy as well. Just as our customers are
leveraging technology as a competitive
advantage to reimage their operations,
so are we. Digital transformation will
further improve seller and all coworker
success. Two great examples of this
include new customer and partner
portals that use our proprietary artificial
intelligence to deliver a reimagined and
differentiated digital experience.
Talent fuels our mission. Coworkers
are the nucleus of the virtuous cycle at
CDW that starts with an idea and ends
with results. In an incredibly tight labor
market, our reputation as a great place
to work enabled us to add nearly 1,000
new coworkers in 2021 – in addition to
the 3,000 talented coworkers that
joined us via acquisition.
When we invest in our coworkers,
we invest in our collective success.
In today’s new world of operating, our
talent investments are laser-focused
on the tools, structure and training
needed to enable coworkers to succeed
from anywhere, anytime. Investments
to ensure CDW is the best place to
work and serve our customers and
partners better than anyone else can.
Investments that help coworkers reach
their maximum opportunity, so they
can deliver maximum impact.
Maximum Impact
At CDW, our focus on maximum impact
isn’t limited to our coworkers and
customers. We know our success is
amplified when we deliver maximum
impact across all stakeholders –
shareholders, coworkers, customers,
partners and our communities. Our social
impact focus area of digital equity is a
great example of this in action. Digital
equity seeks to empower all learners to
reach their unlimited potential through
technology. Potential that is unlocked
through access to digital resources,
education and workforce development.
e CDW Legacy Excellence program in
partnership with the urgood Marshall
College Fund and four premier Historically
Black Colleges and Universities is one of
the many ways we are partnering with
others to drive digital equity. It is also one
of the ways we are driving CDW diversity,
equity and inclusion outcomes. is
exciting program is just the beginning.
We know that when we focus and direct
the full power of CDW behind our efforts,
we deliver. You can learn more about how
our efforts are driving outcomes across
ESG and diversity, equity and inclusion
in CDW’s 2021 Environmental, Social
and Governance report.
Looking to the Future
We enter 2022 with a great strategy
and momentum. Technology is no
longer viewed as a cost to the business
but instead an asset of innovation. As
data proliferates at an exponential rate
organizations of all types and sizes are
searching for ways to unlock the potential
of technology. At the same time, more
and more users are accessing data
from multiple locations and security is
paramount. CDW is well prepared to
meet these needs, today and tomorrow.
While the past two years have been
challenging, they also highlight the
boundless opportunity that lies ahead
for CDW. If the pandemic has shown us
anything, it is that technology is essential
to all sectors of our economy and will
play an increasingly important role in
the years ahead. Our role as a trusted,
strategic partner to our customers is
more important now than ever.
ere will be challenges, uncertainties
and risks but I am confident the
combination of our durable business
model and incredible coworkers will
more than prevail – just as we have the
past two extraordinary years. We will
continue to be our customers’ partner
of choice as we make technology work
so people can do great things.
With Gratitude
As we move into 2022, I want to thank
our more than 250,000 customers
around the world for the trust and
confidence you place in us every day.
You are why we exist. I want to thank
the more than 1,000 world class
technology companies we work with
for your partnership and collaboration,
especially during the past two years of
unprecedented supply challenges. Finally,
I want to thank our incredible, dedicated
CDW coworkers. You are the reason why
CDW is the best place for the best people.
“When we invest in our
coworkers we invest in
our collective success.”
“Technology is no longer viewed as a cost to the business but instead
an asset of innovation.”